Milk-bottle case



March 17, 1925, 1,536,153

' J. E. BOWEN MILK BOTTLE CASE Filed om. io. 1925 bottles Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITEDrxsTATEs NPer JAMES EDWIN BOWEN, OF SAN FIRANGISC, CALIFORNIA.

MILK-BOTTLE CASE.;

Application filed October 10, 1923.- Serial. I\To 56f,73ft.v

To all fio/710mt may concerti.'

Be it known that I, JAMES Iii. BoWnN7 a citizen of the AUnited States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `a Milk-Bottle Case, of which the following is a specification.

Mja invention vrelates to improvements in milk bottle cases of the type wherein wooden sides and ends are used to form a case, with an open bottom.

. In the present state of the `art the wooden milk bottle cases, comprising sides and ends connected together to form an open bottom case, has `been found most practical for sanitary and other purposes.`

Within the case` bottle supporting elements are. provided to retain botheinpty and full milk bottles in Aspaced relation.

The open .bottom provides accessibility for washing purposes. y I however. it has beenfound that the hottoms of the cases, due to dragging along concrete floors randthe like, wear ,and ,free quently` splinter'.

The ends of the case are provided with handle apertures land the weight of the full thus` borne` by thepend pieces when said case is lifted, and this weight frequently causes said; endp-ieces to split.` Frequent washing of the .wooden cases. and their consequent inn'norsion in strong deter gents7 will also cause the sides and ends of the case to split and also to cause said ends and sides to separate.

I propose to provide an improved open bottom milk ease comprising wooden sides and ends having improved means for easily and inexpensively retaining or holding said pieces together as well as for preventing wear on the bottom edges of the wooden case when dragged over concrete iioors and Jthe like7 and also to facilitate stacking of said cases.

A further object of the present invenn tion is to provide improved means for tightlv and rigidly connecting the sides and ends of the case and for permanentlyT holding them together.

I accomplish these and other objects by means of the device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specifieation wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts through- In this type of caser.

out the saidI specification and drawings, and..

F l is a broken side elevation of my improved milk bottle case;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is anv end'elevation `of 1":

Fig. il is a transverse sectional viewof ing members 4 are larranged to project above the upper .edges o f the ends 2 to align. and retain alignment of the cases when stacked.

`IVhen passing through the various washing and bottle` lilling machines and when being pulled .about the concrete floors: of the Creamery ordairy, the' wooden casesare exposedto considerable wear and the strong vdetergents used tolclean the cases also adds to `the sometimes rapid disintegration of the cases. In order to further strengthen `these l openbottomed wooden milk bottlecases I .have provided a rectangular angle kiron 6 which is fastened aroundthe lower edges of theendsand sides 2 and l. respectively. This angle ironv frame not only holds they sides land' ends 2 rigidly and permanently together `at their4 corners but also protects the comparatively soft wooden edges from wear as the bottle case is dragged over the concrete floors usually found in creameries.

In order to further strengthen the case I have provided the inverted U-shaped members or angle irons 7 which cover the ends .of the sides l and the top of the ends 2 thereby further securing against separation the adjoining edges of said sides l and ends 2 of the case.

The open or lower ends of the members 7 are riveted to the corners of the rectangular framel 6 said elements 6 and 7 thereby constituting a tray and handles for the support and retention of the wooden case constituted by the sides 1 and ends 2.

In other words, the angle irons 7 serve to not only rigidly hold and retain the adjoining .corners of the sides and ends together but also to rigidly h-old said sides l and ends 2 upon the trame 6 thereby providing a rigid unit. i i

The angle irons 7 serve the further purpose ort holding` the severed parts ot the ends 2 together when they become split.

In order to further assist in retaining together split portions of a split end piece l have .provided the vertically disposed straps i 8 which are riveted att-heir lower ends to edges thereof. By means of this novel ar-` rangement the sides l are securely and rigidly 'fastened to the rectangular iframe 6. i

By means of my improvement hereinabove described it is obvious that the. wooden cases now in use may not only be strengthened but also may be protected from excessive wear and held rigidly together in the event that they become split and the period of utility of said case is materially lengtl'iened.

The various means for holding` the milk bottles in spaced relation within the case are shown at l2 but as they are well known in the art and form no part of the present invention it is not necessary to describe them.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isi l. Thev combination with a milk bottle case comprising wooden sides and ends and having an open bottom, of an anglev ironv ends of said case and secured to the angle iron band to hold said sides and ends to said band; and metal straps secured to said angle iron band and to the sides and ends at intermediate points to prevent splitting ol said .sides and ends.

2. The combination with a milk bottle case comprising wooden sides and ends and having an open bottom, of a rectangular angle iron .frame mounted upon the lower edges or' said sides and ends to prevent undue wear and to rigidly holdsaid sides and y ends together; and inverted U-shaped angle iron members arranged around the top and side corners of the ends of said `milk bottle case, and having their ends connected to the rectangular angle iron frame to rigidly hold said sides and ends onto said 4`trame; and straps arranged intermediate the ends oli' the sidesxand ends of the case and connected to said sides and ends and to the rectangular frame.

The. combination with -a milk bottle fase comprising wooden sides and ends and having an open bottom, of a rectangular angular iron frame mounted upon the lower edges of said sides and ends to prevent undue wear and to rigidly hold said sides and ends together; and .inverted U-shaped angle iron members arranged around the top and side corners of the ends of said milk-bottle case, and having their ends connected to the rectangular angle iron frame to rigidly hold saidsides and ends onto said frame;` and straps arranged on the outside surfaces of said ends, said straps being-connected at their lower ends with the rectangular frame; and similar straps arranged on the inside surfaces of the sides and connected at their lower ends to said rectangular trame and through the said` sides, to hold the same y rigidly onto said frame.

In witness whereof l hereunto set my signature.

JAMES EDWIN BOWEN. 

